Gun hanger



Sept. 23, 1969 a. HUVER 3,468,508

GUN HANGER Filed June 20, 1967 IN VENTOR BEN HU vie I United States Patent O 3,468,508 GUN HANGER Ben Huver, 620 W. Main St, Laurel, Mont.

Filed June 20, 1967, Ser. No. 647,437 Int. Cl. A47f /00; A47h 1/10 US. Cl. 248314 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to hangers, and more particularly, to a hanger adapted to hold a gun by its barrel in any closet or on a wall hook. The gun may be in the form of a rifle or a shotgun.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention consists of a cast, or otherwise formed, tubular member having its upper end terminate in a hook adapted to be placed over a horizontally disposed rod in a closet or on a hook. The aforesaid tubular member is provided with a plastic shield or the like on the inside thereof for the protection of the muzzle of the gun which is placed within the same and secured by means of a thumbscrew.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a gun hanger of the character described that will firmly hold any gun, whose muzzle is secured in the same, in a vertical position either in a closet or on the wall of a building.

Another object of this invention is to provide a gun hanger of the character described that is so constructed as not to damage the front sight of the gun when its harrel muzzle is secured in the same.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a gun hanger of the character described that has only one moving part, namely, the thumbscrew by which the muzzle of the gun is secured in the tubular body of the hanger.

Other and further objects and advantages of this invention will come to mind as the reading of this specification proceeds and the appended drawing is examined.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of this invention in actual use.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIGURE 1.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of this invention, taken substantially along line 3-3 of FIGURE 1, and viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of this invention, taken substantially along the line 44 of FIGURE 2, and viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In the several views of the drawing, like parts are indicated by like reference numbers.

The reference number 10 indicates this invention in its entirety.

The invention consists of a tubular member 11 having its upper end terminate in a hook 12, while the lower end of this invention is provided with an internally fitted plastic cup-like member 13. This cup-like member 13 is for the protection of the muzzle of the gun 14, shown in phantom lines in the first three views of the accompanying drawing. The aforesaid tubular member is provided with both a thumbscrew 15 and a recess 16 that is at right angle to the aforesaid thumbscrew 15. The recess 16 is provided for the outward projection of the front sight of the gun whose muzzle is secured in this novel gun hanger in the manner shown in the accompanying drawing.

Although it has not been illustrated in any of the views of the accompanying drawing, an optional form of construction of this invention provides for the substitution of the aforesaid tubular member 11 by four elongated members that terminate in two circular members, adapted to fit around the muzzle of a gun that is to be hung up by this novel hanger. A square or rectangular ring encompasses the four elongated members which are locked into the desired gun holding position when the ring is pushed downward.

What I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A gun hanger comprising a tubular member having its upper end terminate in an inverted substantially U- shaped hook; means including a tubular plastic liner carried within said tubular member for preventing the muzzle of the gun from becoming scarred; and means for securing the muzzle of the gun to the hanger within the confines of the tubular liner and member including thumbscrew means, the lower end of said tubular member and liner being provided with laterally registering slots for receiving the front sight of the muzzle of the gun.

2. A gun hanger according to claim 1 in combination with a gun having a gun barrel, the barrel having a sight on the muzzle thereof received within the slots formed in the tubular member and liner, said thumbscrew means being threaded laterally through said tubular member and extending through an opening formed in said liner.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,050,112 1/1913 Douglas 248360 3,096,960 7/1963 Kinney 248-1l3 3,189,310 6/1965 Trueson 248314 3,197,169 7/1965 Burrows 248359 FOREIGN PATENTS 941,035 3/1956 Germany.

ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary Examiner J. F. FOSS, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 

